What causes Diabetes?

Dealing With Diabetes

I have Type 2 diabetes and have been battling it for several years. So far,so good.I’ve managed to control it but still take medication (glyburide/metmorphin).I’d like to manage my diabetes without needing any medication. It sounds simple enough, but it requires a real commitment to accomplish.The solution theoretically is simple–lose weight,alter your diet,and exercise regularly.It’s not easy but it can be done.What gave me the will power to do something about it was a stern warning from my cardiologist–either fix your diabetes problem or look forward to a shoterned, very disabling departure from this mortal coil.It’s not like I was a young man and had a long life ahead of me. I’m 60 now and the years remaining are precious! So diet and exercise I did. With the proper motivation anyone can get it under control.You can beat diabetes naturally if you change your lifestyle. Consider this–there are cultures and populations in the world right now where diabetes is virtually non-existent. So why is it so prevalent here in the U.S.?

What Exactly Is Diabetes?

Some people are born with type 1 diabetes or develop it when they are young children. This type of diabetes requires insulin injections and daily blood sugar monitoring with immediate corrective measures if blood sugar swings are too extreme.Type I diabetes is incurable. Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5% of the total number of cases. Type 2 diabetes is the one we can effectively control.

So just how serious is diabetes? Very! Early symptoms of diabetes are the result of elevated blood sugar levels. Excess glucose in the blood ultimately results in high levels of glucose being present in the urine. This increases the urine output, which leads to dehydration and increased thirst. Other symptoms include extreme tiredness, blurred vision, itchy skin and repeated minor infections such as thrush and boils.You might also fell sharp pains in your extremities–your feet and fingers. These are more like sharp “pings” of pain. Later stages of diabetes are nasty–amputation of toes and legs, kidney failure, even blindness.

Another form of diabetes, known as gestational diabetes, occurs in some women during pregnancy. It is a temporary condition caused by pregnancy and usually occurs in the later stages, once the baby has formed but is still growing

Although there is currently no cure for diabetes mellitus, it can be controlled successfully with an active treatment plan. Recent medical advances show pancreas and iseet cell transplants offer some hope.

Symptoms of Diabetes?

Most Type 1 sufferers get it early in their lives. The classic signs of diabetes include:

1. Frequent urination, because the body is trying to get rid of the excess sugar in the blood
2. Intense thirst, because the body needs to replace the fluid lost through the urine
3. Increased hunger, because the cells need nutrients
4. Loss of weight,because the body begins to starve without insulin.

Type 2 diabetes usually sneaks up on people and many don’t discover they have it until symptoms are evident. Regretably, most diagnoses come after the person already has it. It’s caused by a lack of exercise and a diet high in sugar and carbohyfrates. It used to be called “Adult Diabetes” because it did not develop until people became older,less active, and overweight. Ubfortunately we’re seeing teenagers and younger children with Type 2 diabetes due to obesity and couch-potato lifestles.

Your weight affects so much of your body’s condition. Being overweight can keep your body from making and using insulin properly. It can also lead to hypertension. The Diabetes Prevention Program, a three-year clinical trial conducted on diabeste patients last year, showed that losing even a few pounds can help reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes because it helps your body use insulin more effectively. In the DPP, people who lost between 5 and 7 percent of their body weight significantly reduced their risk of type 2 diabetes. So here’s news flash–If you lost twenty or thirty pounds, depending on how overweight you are and kept it off, or if you became a vegetarian, you probably wouldn’t have diabetes at all,at least Type 2 diabetes!

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